WEBVTT - Isaac Yiadom Discusses Settling into 49ers System | Press Pass

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<v Speaker 1>Great year last year?

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<v Speaker 2>Did you make any adjustments going into last year? I

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<v Speaker 2>just really uh did the same thing I've been doing

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<v Speaker 2>my whole entire career. But it was just I got

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<v Speaker 2>an opportunity, and you know, uh, going into my seventh

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<v Speaker 2>year now as I got older, I just been learning, Uh,

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<v Speaker 2>after all the different vets I've played with, different schemes

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<v Speaker 2>I've play I've been playing in and you know, I

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<v Speaker 2>just made the most out of it.

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<v Speaker 1>Is there anyone in particular lingered leaning on in the

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<v Speaker 1>cornerback room?

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<v Speaker 2>As you get acclimated into the system, pretty much everybody,

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<v Speaker 2>I'm I'm getting to know everybody, uh a little by little,

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<v Speaker 2>so uh, I can't pinpoint a one person too much.

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<v Speaker 2>But uh, I'm watching a lot of Mooney. You know,

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<v Speaker 2>he had a lot of success last year. So uh

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<v Speaker 2>when I go back and watch games from last year,

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<v Speaker 2>I try to watch him, you know, and what stands

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<v Speaker 2>out to me with him is he took the ball

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<v Speaker 2>away when they threw him the ball, he caught it. Uh.

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<v Speaker 2>He was in a great position all the time. He

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<v Speaker 2>was taking advantage of the defense and it worked out

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<v Speaker 2>for him. So I'm trying to follow after his footsteps.

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<v Speaker 1>You got your the the mini scheme that you've been in.

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<v Speaker 2>What what is it about this scheme that you feel

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<v Speaker 2>like fits your skill set. I feel like it's a

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<v Speaker 2>we we do a variety of different things. I feel

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<v Speaker 2>like it's a a mixed We don't play I don't

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<v Speaker 2>think we play too much zone. We play a little

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<v Speaker 2>bit of a man too. But uh, you know there's

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<v Speaker 2>there's somebody in every single window. Uh not to say

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<v Speaker 2>too much, but there's somebody in every single window. There's

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<v Speaker 2>help everywhere. Once you really get into it and dive

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<v Speaker 2>m deep into it and uh you know, believe in it.

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<v Speaker 2>If you see all these different players like Fred and Mooney,

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<v Speaker 2>that's why they take off, cause, uh, you gotta trust

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<v Speaker 2>in each other. Just trusting somebody being here and there

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<v Speaker 2>and just doing your job. There's a chance to play

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<v Speaker 2>deep into the postseason.

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<v Speaker 1>What appealed to you about this opportunity.

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<v Speaker 2>I mean, it's it's a it's a winning team, it's

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<v Speaker 2>a winning franchise.

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<v Speaker 1>It's a great franchise.

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<v Speaker 2>Feel like you don't really uh decline and offer to

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<v Speaker 2>play for a team like this, and uh, I know

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<v Speaker 2>they have such a great defense to come in here

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<v Speaker 2>and uh play a main role in this type of

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<v Speaker 2>defense with these great play uh players like Bosah Fred

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<v Speaker 2>all these all these other guys.

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<v Speaker 1>You know, I couldn't pass it up.

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<v Speaker 3>He makes ball comment on how quickly you kind of

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<v Speaker 3>fit into the culture here, into the locker room. How

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<v Speaker 3>would you describe that that culture?

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, I mean it's just everybody here come to work,

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<v Speaker 2>you know what I mean. I feel like one thing

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<v Speaker 2>about this locker room is everybody's together, like even myself,

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<v Speaker 2>like some of the guys that I really got to

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<v Speaker 2>know on the team is mostly offensive guys, but like, uh,

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<v Speaker 2>everybody hang out with each other. Everybody's really cool. Everybody

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<v Speaker 2>come to work, everybody's about their business. We had fun

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<v Speaker 2>at the end of the day. But it's not clique

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<v Speaker 2>at all. Everybody brothers, you know, and that's what UH

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<v Speaker 2>winning teams do. So it's good to see that.

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<v Speaker 3>Unique for you hanging out with offensive guys so I

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<v Speaker 3>and you know, socially things like that, Nah.

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<v Speaker 1>Not really they they they cool, you know what I mean.

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<v Speaker 2>When I get on the field, you know, I don't

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<v Speaker 2>I don't like 'em much, but off the field, I.

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<v Speaker 1>I love 'em a lot.

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<v Speaker 2>And uh, it's great to hang out with those guys

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<v Speaker 2>see how they think. Uh, hear them talk offense, sometimes

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<v Speaker 2>hit them talk ball. On the other side, it's it's

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<v Speaker 2>really cool and you need to see what are you

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<v Speaker 2>at guarding pearsol or rookie?

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<v Speaker 3>What do you see from him?

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<v Speaker 2>Does you look like you can somebody step in a

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<v Speaker 2>good tribute?

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<v Speaker 1>Yeah, for sure.

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<v Speaker 2>I like him a lot. I haven't complimented him yet,

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<v Speaker 2>but I like him a lot. And he get he's

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<v Speaker 2>a great releaser. I think he runs great routes. I

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<v Speaker 2>think if he keep working and he keep doing this thing,

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<v Speaker 2>he's gonna be great in this offense, great playing in

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<v Speaker 2>the NFL for a while. So I'm a big fan

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<v Speaker 2>of him. And I like working against him every single

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<v Speaker 2>opportunity I get. I want to work against him. Uh.

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<v Speaker 2>I think he making me better. I think him going

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<v Speaker 2>against me, uh, it's making him better too. So I'm

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<v Speaker 2>a big fan of him.

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<v Speaker 1>I don't know. I don't know.

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<v Speaker 2>I don't like the compliment rookies too much. But like

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<v Speaker 2>I said, I like his game. I think he got

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<v Speaker 2>some confidence too. He got some dog in him, so

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<v Speaker 2>he knows it. He knows he's pretty good. And I

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<v Speaker 2>just hope that he continues to work. And that's the

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<v Speaker 2>thing I like about him. He just go to work.

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<v Speaker 2>He just shuts up, just goes to work. And whether

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<v Speaker 2>it's a downplayer or good play, he just come back

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<v Speaker 2>and go to work. He don't hang his head and

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<v Speaker 2>he just keep going. So I loved that about him.

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<v Speaker 1>How does he kind of straddle that line because it's

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<v Speaker 1>a rookie.

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<v Speaker 2>You don't want him to say too confident, but you

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<v Speaker 2>know he gives off the vibe.

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<v Speaker 3>That he knows is alright.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, uh, you know as a receiver, I I like

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<v Speaker 2>my receiver super confident, So I don't mind that.

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<v Speaker 1>I like I think receivers should.

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<v Speaker 2>I like receivers when they're cocky and freaking dogs and confidence.

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<v Speaker 2>So I love that about receivers. I like the way

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<v Speaker 2>that he Uh carry himself. I think he gonna fit

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<v Speaker 2>right in there with Juan and uh I Yuk and

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<v Speaker 2>Deebo and you know those A's a dog group of receivers.

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<v Speaker 2>So you get uh rookie in there too.

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<v Speaker 1>That's great.

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<v Speaker 2>Sad that you're a completely different player from the time

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<v Speaker 2>you guys were in Denver.

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<v Speaker 3>What's different about.

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<v Speaker 1>Him about him? Or what what's different from the time

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<v Speaker 1>you guys were in demer Uh.

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<v Speaker 2>Well, he was my OLB coach uh then, but we

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<v Speaker 2>was really close. Uh even though he was the OILB coach,

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<v Speaker 2>I was always close to him.

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<v Speaker 1>Uh.

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<v Speaker 2>I had a up and down year when I was

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<v Speaker 2>in Denver, but I was really close to him. I

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<v Speaker 2>would always go into his office. He would talk uh

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<v Speaker 2>ball through me. He would help me out. And to

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<v Speaker 2>have him here now in the secondary room in the

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<v Speaker 2>dB room really helping.

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<v Speaker 1>Us out pre practice, he really uh.

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<v Speaker 2>He playing a big part of my game right now.

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<v Speaker 2>He uh he's trying to take us to a different

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<v Speaker 2>uh level.

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<v Speaker 1>He believe in me. He was a big reason why

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<v Speaker 1>I came here.

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<v Speaker 2>So I'm taking everything I can from him and being

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<v Speaker 2>able to work one on one with him. Uh. It's

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<v Speaker 2>paying off for me, and I think it's playing off

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<v Speaker 2>for all the rest of the DB's in the room too,

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<v Speaker 2>and I know they love him too.

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<v Speaker 1>He's been hands on, sorry say again.

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<v Speaker 2>Not uh not really I can't say, cause he was

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<v Speaker 2>an OLB coach uh then, but uh now he's hands

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<v Speaker 2>on with us, and I know we got three dB

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<v Speaker 2>coaches now in the room and everybody giving a little something.

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<v Speaker 2>And it's great to hear from a guy who was

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<v Speaker 2>a head coach, a defensive coordinator at the time. Uh,

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<v Speaker 2>he played, He's coached every single position on the defense,

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<v Speaker 2>so he's he's a mastermind when they come about defense.

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<v Speaker 2>So he uh tell us a lot that we need

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<v Speaker 2>to know so we can go out there and play fast.

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<v Speaker 3>Or gave us an example of how he said, Okay,

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<v Speaker 3>this is when you're at the line, you're not gonna

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<v Speaker 3>get this route as often.

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<v Speaker 2>So this is you know, why are you taking this up?

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<v Speaker 2>What is what's sunny?

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<v Speaker 1>Example of what you right for sure?

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<v Speaker 2>It's like, uh, I remember one thing he said about

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<v Speaker 2>a certain route, Like he's like, everybody always so scared

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<v Speaker 2>that the receiver's gonna do I don't wanna tell y'all

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<v Speaker 2>his little tricks, but like he's like everybody always like corners,

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<v Speaker 2>we always so scared of receiver it's gonna do this

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<v Speaker 2>off of this route, but like it's like a fifteen

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<v Speaker 2>percent chance a receiver do that. So like he and

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<v Speaker 2>that's something that last year I learned too, and I

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<v Speaker 2>try to tell my guys over in New Orleans. I'm like,

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<v Speaker 2>when you see this route, just go so like it's

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<v Speaker 2>the same thing that Staley's saying, and I'm glad that

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<v Speaker 2>he tell the guys here because that's the same way

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<v Speaker 2>I think.

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<v Speaker 1>And that just comes with being confident.

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<v Speaker 2>And if they get you, they get you, Okay, they

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<v Speaker 2>gonna they gonna get you two out of ten times,

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<v Speaker 2>So I'm gonna take my chances at all those eight times.

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<v Speaker 2>So it's the same thing that they, Uh Staley's trying

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<v Speaker 2>to take teach us, and it's just taking away routes

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<v Speaker 2>and when you get certain stamps, just going and believing

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<v Speaker 2>in it and don't think twice about it. And if

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<v Speaker 2>it's not that route, look at the sideline.

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<v Speaker 1>You take a deep breath and go again.

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<v Speaker 2>But that's

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<v Speaker 1>Thank you.